Welcome to the first edition of the Sploid Short Film Festival, a celebration of great storytelling and awesome eye candy. We will select the best short films of 2015 in the next five months leading to a November award ceremony at Gawker Media’s theater on Fifth Avenue in New York. »6/19/15 2:19pm 6/19/15 2:19pm

While many Pixar films are beloved box office hits, they often don't start out that way. In fact, if you ask Ed Catmull—the president of Disney and Pixar's animation studios—he'd be the first to tell you that Pixar movies "suck"—at least early on. »3/12/14 5:30pm 3/12/14 5:30pm

Yes, video game movies by and large suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a chance that one bright day we might see another game-based film that does our beloved titles justice. Commenter PrinceLUDA21 spouts hot and cold running hope in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.»6/19/12 5:30pm 6/19/12 5:30pm

In today's retro-tastic edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Jesse_Astle wonders what classic pictures from Hollywood's golden age would make for exciting interactive video game experiences. Remember when the world was black and white?»9/26/11 11:40am 9/26/11 11:40am

Launched earlier this year, Ubisoft's motion picture arm is wasting no time at all getting the game developer's biggest franchises onto the silver screen, with 3D features based on Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon, and Splinter Cell in the works. »5/16/11 12:40pm 5/16/11 12:40pm

BioWare's Casey Hudson, the project director for Mass Effect 2, acknowledged a "tremendous amount of interest" from Hollywood in a Mass Effect film but vows such a movie, if done, will be done right or not at all. »1/23/10 12:00pm 1/23/10 12:00pm

The Oscars? Hah! Anyone can win an Oscar. And the show itself, gah, it's so boring. The Razzies, though, a night honouring the worst in Hollywood, well, now we're talking. »2/23/09 5:30am 2/23/09 5:30am

In case you missed it, our own Mr. Hollywood, John Gaudiosi, ran an
excellent »10/02/08 10:30pm 10/02/08 10:30pm feature this morning on the Avrads, and their plans to start making video game movies that don't suck. If you haven't read it, it's good stuff, . If only because Avrad gives the first details on the Uncharted movie project, which . So, more…

Jerry Bruckheimer's making a Prince of Persia movie. Jake Gyllenhaal's starring, and
he certainly looks the part »9/01/08 9:00am 9/01/08 9:00am. But what about the sets? Don't sweat it, fans, the sets look the part as well. Here's your first look at them, courtesy of film site Korben. The trick is to imagine that there are less trucks sitting…